‘This city is not livable’: New Delhi people decry dirty air. In 2017, air pollution killed 1.2 (6+6) million Indians.

Blog note.
Jesus indicated that ‘fearful sights’ (various natural disasters) would occur
leading up to the time known as the Tribulation and Great Tribulation (a
combined seven year period of great destruction on earth). Although these types
of things have occurred in the past for centuries and thousands of years, they
could be identified as the ‘season of the times’ due to the ferociousness of
these events. They would be occurring in greater intensity, severity,
frequency, size, duration, scope … just like the pains that a woman experiences
in labor the farther along she is in the labor process. We are in the ‘season
of the times’ that comes just before the seven (7) year Tribulation/Great
Tribulation period

… And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
(Luke 21:11).

… And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves
roaring; (Luke 21:25)

… Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which
are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken; (Luke 21:26)

… This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2 Timothy
3:1)

Jesus is giving a series of prophecies about what to look for as the age of
grace comes to a close. These verses are several of many such prophecies from
throughout the Bible. 2017 was the worst year in recorded history for the
intensity, frequency, severity, duration and occurrence of a large number of
severe natural disasters worldwide. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes,
typhoons, cyclones, torrential flooding, unprecedented wildfires in unusual
places, devastating droughts, excessive/scorching heat setting records
everywhere, record snowfalls in Europe and Russia. Snow in the Arabia. This
list can go on. Most studied Eschatologists believe these ‘fearful sights’ and
massive natural disasters are all part of the ‘CONVERGENCE’ of signs that this
Biblical and prophetic age is closing. Most people who study prophecy are
familiar with the routine reference(s) made that these things will be like
a woman having labor pains, growing in intensity, frequency, size, duration and
scope.

‘This city is not livable’: New Delhi
people decry dirty air. In 2017, air pollution killed 1.2 (6+6) million Indians.

SHEIKH SAALIQ. Associated Press•November 5, 2019

NEW DELHI
(AP) — Sakshi Chauhan has not left her
house in a quiet inner-city slum in the Indian capital for the past six
days on her doctor’s orders.

The 22-year-old call center operator
is recovering from a severe throat infection and the thick smog now blanketing
New Delhi has made even breathing dangerous.

“The moment I step outside, I
can’t breathe properly,” she said. “I have never seen this level of
pollution in my entire life.”

The 20 million residents of New
Delhi, already one of the world’s most polluted cities, have been suffering for
weeks under a toxic haze that is up to 10 times worse than the upper limits of
what is considered healthy. The pollution crisis is piling public pressure on the
government to tackle the root causes of the persistent haze.

Air
pollution in New Delhi and northern Indian states peaks in the winter as
farmers in neighboring agricultural regions set fire to clear land after the
harvest and prepare for the next crop season. The pollution in the Indian
capital also peaks after Diwali celebrations, the Hindu festival of light, when
people set off fireworks.

A declared
public health emergency has remained in place in the city for the past five
days. Schools have stayed closed and authorities have been handing out free
anti-pollution masks to children.

New Delhi’s
government has introduced a system that restricts many private vehicles from
taking to the roads for two weeks. It has ordered firefighters to sprinkle
water from high-rise buildings to settle the dust, tried to snuff out garbage
fires and ordered builders to cover construction sites to stop dust from
enveloping the area.

India’s
health minister earlier played down the health consequences of the dirty air,
insisting it is mainly a concern for those who have pre-existing lung
conditions. Doctors in the capital, however, say many of their patients these
days are complaining of ailments that stem from the filthy air they breathe.

Dr. Salil Sharma, a throat
specialist, said that 95% of the patients he has been treating over the last 10
days are sick because of the foul air.

“I have
patients from all age groups and most of them are nonsmokers who complain of
breathlessness, chest congestion, fatigue and weakness,” Sharma said.
“In some cases, I had to put some patients on a ventilator because they
couldn’t breathe.”

“We are
right in the middle of a health emergency,” he said.

A study
published in The Lancet estimated that in
2017, air pollution killed 1.2million Indians — half of them younger than
70, lowering the country’s average life expectancy by almost 1.7 years.

India’s
Supreme Court on Monday said the capital choking every year “could not be
allowed in a civilized country.”

In a ruling
that followed petitions filed by activists, the top court’s judges ordered an
immediate halt to the practice of farmers burning their fields in the
neighboring states surrounding the capital.

Some people
distraught over the pollution are considering leaving the city for good.

Devendra
Verma, a street vendor, did not go to work for three days last week. He said he
was too weak to leave his house as filthy air made him feel fatigued.

“The
city is not livable anymore,” he said. “Sometimes I think I should
pack my bags and leave Delhi for once and all.”